Lollapalooza Celebrates its 20th Anniversary
Perry Farrell’s legendary Lollapalooza, sells out the three day show with 100+ bands set to play.
For the seventh consecutive year Lollapalooza 2011 will be held in Grant Park, Chicago. The August 5th-7th sold out show marks the 20th anniversary of the alternative music franchise.
The first Lollapalooza, intended as Perry Farrell’s farewell to Jane’s Addiction festival, was held in 1991. An instant success, the festival continued touring each summer until 1997. After a 2003 reincarnation of the festival, the 2004 tour was canceled due to low ticket sales.
Lolla finally found a home in Chicago in 2005 and has become the yearly mid-summer weekend event for music lovers.
A South American Lollapalooza was held April 2nd-3rd 2011 in Santiago, Chili and was Lollapalooza’s first successful international show. (See Kanye in the video below.)
Headlining Lolla’s 20th anniversary festivities in Chicago will be Eminem, Foo Fighters, Coldplay, Muse, My Morning Jacket, Deadmau5, A Perfect Circle, Cee Lo, Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley & NAS, The Cars and Ween.
A side-stage called Perry’s Stage will be showcasing Girl Talk, Pretty Lights, Kid Cudi and many other bands. All together there will be 100 plus bands playing the weekend festival including fan favorites Bright Eyes, Arctic Monkeys, Big Audio Dynamite,Deftones, Flogging Molly, Lykke Li, Cage the Elephant, Best Coast, Tinie Tempah, and Christina Perri.